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News Stories from Oregon and Beyond
Included here are recent articles that reflect the growing interest in broader definitions of health and support for public health interventions as the most effective way to improve the health of the population. If you run into something that you think should be included here, please let us know.
Tobacco use drops in Oregon
May 11th, 2009State health officials released a new report Monday that says Oregonians are smoking fewer cigarettes. In fact, tobacco use has dropped to its lowest level in recent years in this state. Read more here.
Multnomah County Health Department Presents Recommendations for Health Equity Inititiative
May 08th, 2009The Oregonian reports on Multnomah County Health Department’s Health Equity Inititiative recommendations. According to the article, jobs that don’t pay enough to support a family, neighborhoods lacking parks or sidewalks that promote wellness through exercise, urban planning that puts highways and the pollution that comes with them through poor neighborhoods, and discrimination that creeps from broader society into health care, take American lives before their time. And a disproportionate number of those lives are among racial and ethnic minorities.
Read article here.
Lund Report: Put Public Health Back on Top
May 07th, 2009Oregon’s Newest Electronic Health Journal has published a powerful and concise case for heathcare policy including actual invesments into the public’s health.
Read article here.
NY Times: Doctor Seeks to Sway Tobacco Bill
May 06th, 2009In this profile of a tobacco opponent, Dr. David Burns argues that new information, based on two years of study, indicates that cigarettes pose a much higher risk of lung cancer than before the surgeon general first declared them a health hazard in 1964. Read the entire article here.
Public Health Interview: Dr. Georges Benjamin, APHA Director
April 07th, 2009The director of the American Public Health Association talks with the Daily Kos about public health priorities now and in the future. Read the interview here.
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